ACC 305 Week 5 DQ2 E11-5 and E11-10

E11-5 (page 599) - Depreciation methods; solving for unknowns ? LO2

For each of the following depreciable assets, determine the missing amount (?). Abbreviations for depreciation methods are SL for straight line, SYD for sum-of-the-years digits, and DDB for double-declining balance.

E11-10 (page 600) - Jackson Company - Double-declining- balance method; switch to straight line ? LO2 LO6

On January 2, 2011, the Jackson Company purchased equipment to be used in its manufacturing process. The equipment has an estimated life of eight years and an estimated residual value of $30,625. The expenditures made to acquire the asset were as follows:

Jacksons policy is to use the double-declining-balance (DDB) method of depreciation in the early years of the equipments life and then switch to straight line halfway through the equipments life.

Required:

1. Calculate depreciation for each year of the assets eight-year life.

2. Discuss the accounting treatment of the depreciation on the equipment.